[LANGRAGE]Why does Chinglish occur?
Posted: 27 Oct 2009, 11:18
I followed a whole bunch of links from unrelated sites and ended back up at my old mainstay, Language Log. (For those who don't know, Language Log is a collaborative blog by many respected Linguists located throughout the English-speaking world. It's both informative and fascinating.)
One of the professors specializes in Chinese, and several years back he explored the reasons for horrifically bad Chinglish. (i.e. a sign that reads "Spread to fuck the fruit.") If you have any interest in how translations go horribly wrong, it's worth a read:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/language ... 05195.html
One of the professors specializes in Chinese, and several years back he explored the reasons for horrifically bad Chinglish. (i.e. a sign that reads "Spread to fuck the fruit.") If you have any interest in how translations go horribly wrong, it's worth a read:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/language ... 05195.html